Connor was born on March 19, 1969 in Walla Walla, Washington. He spent many years in Kelso,
Washington, attending elementary school, middle and some high school. He attended Pacific
Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. While at the university, he played college football
until he found acting. He graduated with his bachelor's of fine arts degree in acting, then went
on to obtain his master's of fine arts (M.F.A)degree from University of Missouri–Kansas City.

Connor married Ariana Navarre on May 29, 2004. Their first child, Jasper, was born on October
11, 2005.

He first came to attention with a strong performance in Arcadia at the Huntington Theater
Company in Boston. Connor's theatre background includes several off-Broadway and regional
productions including "Hamlet," "Much Ado About Nothing," "Far East," " The Rover,"
"The Tempest," "Picnic," "Julius Caesar" and "Arcadia."

More recently, he has had several guest-starring roles on television, including
One Life to Live, Sliders and Touched By An Angel. He also had a significant role in the TV
adaptation of A.R. Gurney's play Far East, playing the conflicted gay officer Bob Munger.
From 2001–2005, he played Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III on Star Trek: Enterprise.
After the cancellation of Enterprise, Trinneer has returned to guest-starring roles including a
recurring role as the Wraith Michael in Stargate Atlantis.

In his spare time he enjoys hiking, working out, surfing, snowboarding, reading and
travelling, although he currently resides in L.A. like many of his Enterprise colleagues.
Connor Trinneer has always been a fan of the StarTrek series.

When he got the part as Trip, he described in an Interview that the biggest challenge is,
to remember all the technical terms, because most of them he will have forgotten again in
half an hour!